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What are 'Name Days'?
Greek Name Days & Greek Holidays
According to Greek Orthodox tradition, every day of the year is dedicated to a Christian saint or martyr. January 7 for example, is the day of Saint John the Baptist and it is the name day for all greek people named Yannis (or Ioannis = John, male) or Yanna (or Ioanna, female). A person's name day is considered more important than the same person's birthday and it is always celebrated in Greece.
Here is a list of the most important Name Days in Greece:
January 1 - New Year's Day - Vasileios (Vasilis) | July 1 - Kosmas, Damianos July 3 - Yakinthos (the Cretan Saint Valentine) July 7 - Kuriaki July 8 - Theofilos July 11 - Olga July 17 - Marina July 20 - Elias (Ilias) July 26 - Paraskevi |
| February 1 - Tryfonas February 8 - Zaxarias February 9 - Nikiforos February 10 - Charalampos February 17 - Theodoros | August 15 - Assumption Day - Maria - Marios August 24 - Kosmas August 25 - Titos August 30 - Alexandros |
| March 1 - Eudokia March 16 - Xristodoulos March 21 - Iakovos March 25 - Evangelos - Evangelia or Vangelis - Vangelio (Eva) | September 1 - Simeon September 14 - Stavros - Stavroula September 15 - Nikitas September 29 - Kiriakos |
| April 23 - Georgios (Yorgos) - Georgia. If this name day is during the Easter Lent, then it is moved to the second day after Easter | October 3 - Dionisios October 6 - Thomas October 26 - Dimitrios |
| May 4 - Pelagia May 5 - Eirini May 9 - Christoforou May 10 - Simonos May 21 - Kostas (Konstantinos), Eleni | November 8 - Michalis, Angelos - Angela (Angeliki) November 9 - Nektarios November 11 - Minas November 14 - Filippos November 16 - Mathaios November 25 - Aikaterini (Katerina) November 26 - Stulianos November 30 - Andreas |
| June 8 - Kalliopi June 29 - Petros, Paulos | December 4 - Varvara December 5 - Savvas December 6 - Nikolaos (Nikos) December 9 - Anna December 12 - Spiridon (Spiros) December 15 - Eleutherios (Lefteris) December 25 - Christmas Day, Manolis - Emmanouela December 27 - Stefanos |
Greek PublicHolidays
January 1: New Year's Day
January 6: Epiphany
March 25: Independence Day
May 1 Flower Festival & Labour Day
Easter - Varies. Check out our Easter Calculator
August 15: Assumption Day
October 28: Ochi Day
December 25: Christmas Day
